Dear translation community, I'd like to make a renewed call for translation for the Wikipedia videos that we released last month. See background here: http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/09/24/four-videos-of-wikipedias-volunte… We already have subtitle translations in a dozen or so languages, but we need many more :-). Here's how it works: 1) You'll find the videos at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:September_2010_Wikipedia_Videos 2) Click any of the video file names to get to the description pages. On the description page, you will see a list of "Available closed captioning files". 3) Click the English language source of a subtitle file. Click "Edit". 4) Copy all the text into the clipboard. 5) In the address bar, replace "en" with your Wikimedia language code. So, for example, http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Nam… becomes http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Nam… for a German translation. Load the new address. You can now paste in the English original, and start translating line by line (be careful not to remove the time markers). If there is a translation in your language already, please help to proofread/improve it. Liane Al-Ghusain (on CC) is a communications intern with the Wikimedia Foundation. She will import the subtitles into the YouTube copies of the videos. To allow us to import them as a batch, please complete your translations by _OCTOBER 15_. We will import them the following week. If you've updated an existing translation, please let Liane know so she can import it. Thank you very much for your help. We think these videos are a great outreach tool, and your translations will make them even more widely accessible. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. All best, Erik -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list Translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l

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